Safety attachment for razors.



A. ARBENZ. SAFETY ATTAOHMENT FOR RAZORS.

- APPLICATION FILED OUT. 11, 1907.

, 1 60. Patented 0v. 10, 1908 lNvENToR, ADOLPHE ARBENZ W \TN 555 ADOLPHE ARBENZ, or LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND:

SAFETY ATTAGNT FOB RAZORS.

No. 903,160. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented'Nov. 10,1908.

Application annotate n, 1907. Serial No. 396,887-

To all whom it may concern. In carryin my invention into practice,

Be it known that I, ADoLrHE \ARBENZ, a according tot eformillustrated-inFigs.1-3, citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, and I provide a plate (1) of any of the specified residing at Lausanne, Switzerland, have inen stances, said plate -'bein"suitably formed so vented a new and useful Safety Attachment to lie against the razorblafl e 2, to which it is for Razors; and I hereby declare the followintended tobe fixed by a'separateand deing to be a full, clear, and exact description taohable spring clip 3. Said clip is of corn;v of the same. mon construction and com rises two mem- My invention comprises a new or improved bers pivoted together,- close by a spring and safety attachment for razors, and has for o erred by compressing the up or ends. *On

4 its object toprovide a removable device or t e lower edge of the safety ate, adjacent plate, whereby an ordinary razor may be to the razor edge, I out or-ot erwise form a converted into a safety razor or restored to series of teeth 4, while on each face of the its normal condition at will, the device being plate I form rooves, 5, extendin for part of reversible to enable it to be used for either the len th OI the plate only.-

hes'e teeth right hand or left hand shaving and being are slightly thinner than'a plate 'at'their easil cleaned, leasant to use, very light in thickest parts or ends, thereby providing a wei it and not iable to corrosion. clearance between sameand the razor blade 0 this end, my invention consists of a when in use, while the groove 5 fUrther-replate, or equivalent, preferably made from duces the thickness of the other part, orsteln, celluloid, galalite, bone, horn, ivory, or other of. the teeth to allow the hair and 'lather to vegetable or animal material, or of aluminpass away. The groove iscut, or formed, in ium on account of its light weight, though the material of t opiate-as. distinguished it can also be made from other suitable, from a groove formed by bending the plate, metals or other material. These plates are such bent grooves providin a protuberance designed to be (singly) secured to the razor on; the opposite surfacefo the plate, "and blade by clips, or other means, and are leaving no end supports for the late near grooved or otherwise shaped at the part the razor edge; these bent plates. eingvery which is near the cuttin edge oi the razor liable to tilt and bring their teeth into conwhen attached thereto, w ile this part ofthe tact'with the razor edge. When in position,- safety plate is also formed with a series oi the plate bears against the blade at 1ts upper teeth arranged so as to prevent the razor), edge 6 and ends 7, these parts 6 and 'Zbemg i edge cutting into the face while, at the same of the full thickness of material which is-not time, it a lows hair and lather to pass reduced at these parts by the groove. Thus 1 through and enables the shaving operation to the plate bears against the razor atthree be performed. points, at the top 6, and also near itstwo My invention'is illustrated in the accomends 7, and when so'su ported is much firmer V panying drawings, in which, in use than a plate WlElOl'l it only-supported Figure 1 shows aheavy backed razor (with at its upper e e A space or clearance'is a removable blade) having a safety plate thus lei'tnear 51c groove, while (the teeth fixed thereon according to my invention, being thinner than the rest of the plate) ready for use; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional there is also a clearance there,"throu' h which view at line AB in Fig.1; Fig. 3 is an in the hair and lather may. ass. O'vlously verted View, looking towards the edge of the .the plate already describe --may readily be razor, of the aforesaid blade fitted with my reversed to lie a ainstthe op osite face of plate; Fig. 4 is a section of a razorblade and the plate by sim ly removing t e clip. modified plate having a groove on one side In Figs. 5 and 6, I have shown a form of. only, such a plate being intended to be used plate which is readily made from metal the with a razor having a straight or parallel cutgrooving 5 being continued as shown in Fi ting edge; Figs. 5 and 6 show in edge view 6 to the back of the plate, which only and in elevation, a razor and plate of nioditouches the blades at its ends. Such a plate fied form; Fig. 6 is a sectional view at line is readily made from metal and is of mini- I) of Fig. 6. Figs. 7 and 8 are sections of mum weight. Said plate is illustrated as beblades with modified forms of plates applied ing fixed by two separate clips 9, 9 in'the to same, while Fig. 9 is a section of a hollow form of spring arches, and of known form. ground blade and plate applied to same. 1 A plate (1) grooved on one side only, as at 5, is shown at Fi 4, such a plate being particularly intende for use on a razor having a straight or parallel edge. Figs. 7 and 8 show plates having narrower grooves. These plates bearing against the blade over they greater-part of their surface, the grooves on the plate bears a ainst the blade at its up er edge 6 and in ad ition the late at its en s, is thickened (as at 10) to ma econtact with the blade thus supporting the plate near its lower edge. Fig. 9 shows the appli- "cation of the invention to a hollow ground In Figs."4, 7, 8 and 9 the plates are .c'onsist f a spring arch, similar to'those having teeth on its lower edge. thinner than shown in Figs. 5 and 6, but fitted atthe back of the blade. The plates may be applied to a razor blade irrespective of the manner of for," Y

I'claim:

connecting the blade with the handle there- 1. In a safety attachment for razors, the

combination, with arazor blade, of a plate said plate, to provide a clearance between said teeth whenin use, and said plate having a longitudinal roove formed in thematerial of said plate a jacent to the razor and intersecting said teeth and'reducing the thickness ,of the upper part thereof, to provide a clearance for the hair and lather, said groove'ex tendingfor part of the length of the plate only leaving the material of full thickness at the u per part as 6, and two ends as 7, which thus form abearing at three points for-the I support of the plate against the razor blade. I the opposite or outer surface permit the escape or passage of the hair and lather. gFig. s; 10?

said plate having a longitudinal roove 'on J 45 each surface intersecting and re ucing the thickness of the upper part of said teeth at stated. I

combination, with a razor blade, of a plate havin teeth on its lower edge thinner than said p ate, the latter having thick end parts extending from itstop to its bottom ed es,

and having a portion of its body, inclu ing art of said teeth and between the upper saidends, t inner than thelatter.

In testimony whereof, I'have signed my name to this specification in the presenc'eof two" subscribing witnesses.

. ADOLPHE ARBENZ, Witnesses ERNEST BOPP,

FRITZ 'SIEOHTER.

3. In a safety attachment for razors, the

both sides, to' provide a clearance for the hair ;and lather, as and for the purpose 

